Read about Creative Arts Fellow Celia Craig's experience of exploring the papers of musician Miriam Hyde.

This special concert performance salutes our 70th anniversary as custodian of Australia's folksong heritage and oral history.

Discover the legacy of Don Banks, one of Australia’s most innovative composers, in the Don Banks Collection. Featuring music manuscripts, sound recordings, and personal papers, this collection celebrates Banks' pioneering work across jazz, classical, and film music. A true trailblazer, his fusion of genres continues to inspire and shape Australia's cultural landscape.

Music scores and music related material created or collected by the composer, conductor and musicologist Richard Divall.

The PROMPT Collection is a collection of collections. It relates to the performing arts industry in Australia from the 1880s until the present.

Hear from Dianna Nixon about how she's bring the plays of Milicent Armstrong back to life.

Our dance collection contains portraits, manuscripts, oral history interviews, photographs, music scores, personal papers, theatre programs and memorabilia.

Learn about the Adelaide Repertory Theatre, recipient of a 2025 Community Heritage Grant.

Dr Susannah Helman provided her insights into the Jamie and Michael Kassler Collection.

Explore the dance style of Gertrud Bodenwieser through photographs with 2023 National Library Fellow Wesley Lim.

Overseas and Australian sheet music, including some manuscripts, with the main strengths popular songs and piano music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Season one of the Bookmark This podcast, Off Stage, explores the vibrant characters, milestone moments and cultural treasures found in the exhibition On Stage: Spotlight on Our Performing Arts. Hosted by journalist, author, radio broadcaster and playwright Melanie Tait, Off Stage delves into the untold stories of Australia theatre, dance, music and film.